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Finley's final settlement with Army
06/02/1786 Recipient's Letterbook CopyThe author believes he was wrongfully deprived of Three Hundred dollars in his final settlement with the Army and has the receipt to prove it. Also enclosed is the amount owed Andrew Finley which, it …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Final settlements certificate paper taken
08/07/1786 LetterbookWrites Governor Thomas Chittenden of Vermont that Capt. John Phelon, employed as confidential clerk in the Office of Army Accounts, has taken a quantity of the final settlements certificate paper, on …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Final Settlements
12/06/1786 Document SignedVerifies that the Paymaster General has left in his possession two final settlements amounting to 104 dollars.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Final settlement of accounts
07/14/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyThe author has received the vouchers and papers that the recipient needs to settle his account so he needs to come to the author's office in order to reach a final settlement.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Final settlement certificate to David Henley and Otis Henley
09/19/1786 Document SignedFinal settlement certificate by Benjamin Walker to Otis Henley and certificate to David Henley from Joseph Howell.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Ferguson's certificate of pay
03/25/1786 Author's Letterbook CopySends Ferguson his certificate of pay for his time as a prisoner of war and requests accounts needed for completing an officer's settlement
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Failed effort to catch suspected counterfeiter
08/30/1786 LetterbookCapt. Simon Jackson writes John Pierce, describing his efforts to catch Capt. John Phelon before he flees to Canada. Phelon was Pierce's confidential clerk at the Office of Army Accounts and is …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Extract of the public books of monies
06/24/1786 LetterbookWrites the President of Congress, Nathaniel Gorham (who he calls "your Excellency") an extract of the public books of monies unaccounted for by Col. Joseph Wood, who, like many others, left service …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Extract of Pennsylvania Council Minutes
04/19/1786 Document SignedOrder for delivery of rifles stored in Pennsylvania to Samuel Hodgdon for the use of the United States
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Examined account
12/15/1786 LetterbookInforms Colonel Daniel Broadhead that the Office of Army Accounts has examined his accounts, the results of which he reports.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Examination of vouchers
06/26/1786 LetterbookInforms Thomas Tolman that it is hardly necessary to enter into an examination of the vouchers sent him by Col. Safford
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Examination into the Claim of John Morrill
12/22/1786 Autograph LetterExamination into the claim of John Morrill for the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates raised in the state of Georgia. States that payments were issued but not accounted for properly.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Estimate of Wagons to go with troops to Pittsburgh
03/30/1786 LetterbookFrom Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate for wagons to attend troops marching to Pittsburgh with estimate of travel times.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Estimate of supplies for the First American Regiment
04/25/1786 LetterbookFrom Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate for procuring articles to supply the First (1st) American Regiment with the required numbers of each …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Estimate of Pay Certificates Issued
02/03/1786 Recipient's Letterbook CopyThe recipient is asked to furnish an estimate of all the Certificates issued to settle Army accounts up to December 31, 1785. The Board of Treasury needs this information to meet the requirement to …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Estimate of expenses in removing stores from a magazine
03/30/1786 LetterbookFrom Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of the expenses attending the removal of the military stores deposited in the magazine in …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Estimate of cost to transport supplies to Pittsburgh
07/21/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyFrom Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate of the sums wanting for the payment of listed wagoners for transportation of stores and baggage …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Estimate for cost of saddles
11/02/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyFrom Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. Estimate for furnishing one hundred and twenty light horsemen's saddles
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Estate of Patrick Flanagan
03/16/1786 Recipient's Letterbook CopyThe author is writing on behalf of the estate of his late Step Brother, Patrick Flanagan, who died in the war. The author's responsibilities at his farm prevent him from coming to New York himself so …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Errors in printed registers of certificates
06/23/1786 LetterbookInforms the Loan Office that on examination of the printed registers of his certificates in the Office of Army Accounts, he finds that the printers have made a number of errors, which he has enclosed.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Endorsement of certificate for John Gray
06/13/1786 LetterThe author says that a friend has asked him to endorse a Certificate for between one and two hundred dollars in the name of John Gray and dated Dec. 2nd(?),1784. He wants to know where Gray lives in …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Enclosed Vouchers
12/15/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter SignedThe Commissioner of Army Accounts encloses the whole of the vouchers to be presented to the state for allowance.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed vouchers
12/15/1786 LetterbookThe Commissioner of Army Accounts encloses vouchers and information on Colonel White's account.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Enclosed returns
10/14/1786 LetterbookEncloses copies of returns transmitted to the several auditors appointed by the states to settle pensions.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Enclosed return of monies
09/30/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter SignedEncloses return of monies advanced to sundry soldiers of the Maryland Line with a certificate; mentions the wife of Jacob Lyons.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
